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"Tense" in a Sentence (21 examples)
What Jane said made the atmosphere less tense.
I feel tense and agitated when I have too much work to do.
The international situation had become so tense, it would require proficient diplomats to handle it with kid gloves.
He was tense with his new business.
Truth is usually expressed in the present tense.
He was lying there very still and tense.
There was a tense atmosphere in the room.
It was just a simple greeting, but somehow I got strangely tense.
When indicating 'tense' in Chinese, as shown above, there are 'particles', 'time-specifying words' and also many cases where it depends on context.
I say "should", because theses written in the present tense are still seen around and about.
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Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense.
English only has a past tense and a non-past tense; it has no future tense.
In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…]
The "simple present" tense in English can have several meanings.
The Spanish teacher told the student to use the imperfect tense instead of the preterite tense.
tensing a verb
You need to relax, all this overtime and stress is making you tense.
"Attention," the tense man called out in Greek. "This is Lieutenant Kazamakis of the Cypriot Provisional Guard. You will immediately surrender all weapons and slowly come down the stairs, hands above your head." No answer.
"There's no one in the house," Sahas cut him off quickly. "Actually[,] I have sent them away. I thought that only the two of us should share the special surprise." He gave a tense smile.
Chi stops, but her eyes continue to pierce right through me and into Karima. A tense moment later, she drops her eyes back to the terminal and scans the data once more. The showdown is over, at least for the moment.
The driver and the man shouted angrily at each other and I tensed, ready for violence. But soon everyone in the tap-tap joined in, capping remarks, joking, telling chicken and goat stories.
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